Welcome to Tuesday’s roundup of Nigerian newspaper headlines, accompanied by our advocacy-focused calls on issues that impact citizens.

1. The Guardian: Genocide: U.S Lawmaker Alleges Tinubu Lying, Protecting Own Interest

U.S. lawmaker Riley Moore has rubbished President Bola Tinubu’s claim that Christians are not being targeted in Nigeria, calling the denial ‘completely false’ and suggesting the president is simply guarding his own interests. Moore argued that Nigeria’s political class is ‘complicit’ in the killings, even as Congress prepares to debate the persecution of Christians on Thursday.

Our Take: President Tinubu can no longer treat security failures like stubborn rumours that will magically disappear if he waves them off long enough. He must order credible investigations, ensure real protection for at-risk communities, and stop acting as though denial is a national policy, because while he insists everything is fine, Nigerians are watching their reality fact-check him in real time, and the results are far from flattering.

2. Punch: Mass abductions return, 145 missing in four days

Punch reports that Nigeria is seeing a troubling comeback of mass abductions, with at least 145 people kidnapped across Kebbi, Niger, and Zamfara in just four days, a grim reminder that the insecurity citizens hoped was fading is simply stretching its legs again.

Our Take: The government must move beyond recycled promises and take concrete steps to disrupt kidnapping networks, strengthen community-level security, and ensure swift justice for perpetrators.

3. Vanguard: Tinubu to Judiciary: Justice Must Never Be for Sale

President Bola Tinubu on Monday called on the judiciary to clean up its image and confront growing doubts about its integrity, insisting that justice must never become a market commodity. He noted that Nigerians are increasingly frustrated by slow case resolutions and worried about how difficult it has become to access justice, remarks that would sound more reassuring if they didn’t resemble a customer complaint about a service he himself is partly responsible for managing.

Our Take: To regain public confidence, President Tinubu and the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun must back fine speeches with reforms that actually make the courts work. Citizens want a judiciary that delivers fairness on demand, not one that behaves like it’s running an exclusive club where justice is served only to those who know the right door to knock.